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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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